Nurikabe Vault vs Match Four
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nurikabe Vault
Engage your logic with a vast collection of original Nurikabe puzzles. This game offers hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, ranging in difficulty and size, with unique artwork for each board. Learn the rules and strategies with an included guide, and enjoy a pure puzzle experience without ads or data collection.
- Hundreds of original Nurikabe puzzles
- Hand-crafted challenges
- Varying difficulty levels
- Multiple board sizes
- Unique artwork
- Includes rules and strategy guide
- Optional visual hints
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An abundance of original, hand-crafted nurikabe puzzles. Nurikabe is a logic puzzle from the inventors of sudoku. Simply build a wall that divides the board into areas given by the numbers. There's only one way to do it! This collection contains 500 all original, hand-crafted puzzles. Difficulty ranges from merely tricky to utterly fiendish. Sizes range from 6 x 6 to 9 x 11, each with distinct and unique artwork. A guide demonstrates the rules and beginning strategies. Optional visual hints point out problems, and a solution is detected immediately. This game does NOT: - show Advertisements - offer In-App Purchases - collect Analytics - collect any Personal Information whatsoever You can put your scores on an Apple Game Center leaderboard if you like. That's the only data that will ever leave your device.
Match Four
A challenging puzzle game where players connect four or more same-colored blocks horizontally or vertically. Strategically place shapes to avoid filling the playfield and unlock new colors to boost your score.
- Drag and drop shapes
- Connect four or more same-colored blocks
- Form full horizontal or vertical lines
- Unlock new colors for score multipliers
- Prevent playfield from filling
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Most addictive game ever! Harder than you think! • Drag a shape from bottom pool onto vacant space of the playing field; • Form a figure of four or more connected blocks of the same color OR • Form a full line of blocks of any color either horizontally or vertically to score; • Unlock new colors to multiply your score; • Keep the blocks from filling the playfield. Have a good time with Match Four!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Match Four at Free against Nurikabe Vault's $0.99. Match Four also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). Nurikabe Vault's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Match Four is free to download; Nurikabe Vault costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Match Four holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 35 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Nurikabe Vault's written reviews are positive against 100% of Match Four's.
Nurikabe Vault ships an update every 13 months, Match Four every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nurikabe Vault | Match Four |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (8 ratings) | 4.7 (35 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 35 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 8 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rogers George | ANDREY NOVIKOV |
Customer experience
Nurikabe Vault
Match Four
In-app purchases
Nurikabe Vault
No in-app purchases
Match Four
No in-app purchases
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